Four volunteers completed this week's survey under mostly sunny and hot conditions. One particular family of moths, the prominents, have caterpillars that are generally more interesting than the adult insects. Two examples are illustrated below. While the gregarious Datana larvae conspicuously display warning colors to discourage predators, the solitary Schizura caterpillar instead relies on cryptic camouflage for protection. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Ommatospila narcaeusalis (moth) photo by Val Bugh Pero meskaria (moth) photo by Val Bugh Synchlora frondaria (southern emerald) photo by Val Bugh Ponometia virginalis (bird dropping moth) photo by Val Bugh Spragueia obatra (moth) photo by Val Bugh Cisthene tenuifascia (lichen moth) photo by Val Bugh Suleima helianthana (sunflower bud moth) photo by Val Bugh Zamagiria australella (moth) photo by Val Bugh Datana perspicua (spotted datana caterpillars) photo by Val Bugh Schizura errucata (prominent caterpillar) photo by Val Bugh Hemiargus ceraunus (ceraunus blue) photo by Val Bugh Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug) photo by Val Bugh Sphyrocoris obliquus (shield bug nymph) photo by Val Bugh Ataxia hubbardi (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Curculio sp. (nut weevil) photo by Val Bugh Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid nymph) photo by Val Bugh Anasaitis canosa (jumping spider, with ant) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus mystaceus (jumping spider) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Western Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) Mammals: Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus) White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary       Junonia coenia   Common Buckeye       Phyciodes tharos   Pearl Crescent       Phyciodes texana   Texan Crescent       Danaus gilippus   Queen    papilionidae   Papilio cresphontes   Giant Swallowtail    pieridae   Nathalis iole   Dainty Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur    lycaenidae   Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Systasea pulverulenta   Texas Powdered-skipper (adult & larva)       Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper    noctuidae   Tarache tetragona   Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth       Tarache phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Acontia cretata   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia candefacta   Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia phecolisca   Bird Dropping Moth       Ponometia semiflava   The Half-yellow       Ponometia virginalis   Bird Dropping Moth       Spragueia obatra   Moth       Plusiodonta compressipalpis   Moonseed Moth       Megalographa biloba   Bilobed Looper Moth       Xerociris wilsonii   Wilson's Wood-nymph       Catabena lineolata   Fine-lined Sallow       Caenurgina erechtea   Forage Looper Moth       Micrathetis triplex   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Pareuchaetes insulata   Yellow-winged Pareuchaetes (larva)       Pygarctia roseicapitis   Tiger Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    notodontidae   Schizura errucata   Prominent (adult & larva)       Datana perspicua   Spotted Datana (larva)    sphingidae   Hemaris diffinis   Snowberry Clearwing    geometridae   Digrammia sp.   Moth       Scopula umbilicata   Moth       Iridopsis gemella   Moth       Synchlora frondaria   Southern Emerald       Pero meskaria   Moth    crambidae   Microtheoris ophionalis   Yellow-veined Moth       Unknown sp.   Moth (larva)       Euchromius ocelleus   Grass-veneer Moth       Parapediasia sp.   Grass-veneer Moth       Lineodes interrupta   Moth       Ommatospila narcaeusalis   Moth       Spoladea recurvalis   Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth    pyralidae   Peoria tetradella   Grass-veneer Moth       Peoria opacella   Grass-veneer Moth       Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Tampa dimediatella   Tampa Moth       Alpheioides parvulalis   Moth       Amyelois transitella   Moth       Zamagiria australella   Moth       Salebriaria turpidella   Moth    tortricidae   Eucosma consobrinana   Leafroller Moth       Suleima helianthana   Sunflower Bud Moth       Unknown sp.   Leafroller Moth    gelechiidae   Dichomeris costarufoella   Moth    oecophoridae   Inga cretacea   Chalky Inga    glyphidoceridae   Glyphidocera lactiflosella   Five-spotted Glyphidocera    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Tubeworm Moth    xyloryctidae   Scythris trivinctella   Moth coleoptera   coccinellidae   Coccinella septempunctata   Seven-spotted Ladybird       Scymnus sp.   Ladybird beetle (larva)       Cycloneda sanguinea   Red Ladybird    cerambycidae   Ataxia hubbardi   Long-horned Beetle    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    scarabaeidae   Diplotaxis sp.   Scarab    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Narnia femorata   Cactus Bug (adult & nymph)       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug (nymph)    reduviidae   Zelus renardii   Assassin Bug (adult & nymph)       Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    scutelleridae   Sphyrocoris obliquus   Shield Bug (nymph)    cydnidae   Pangaeus sp.   Burrowing Bug homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla sp.   Leafhopper (nymph)    cixiidae   Oliarus sp.   Planthopper    aphididae   Unknown sp.   Aphid hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Centris atripes   Digger Bee       Anthophora californica   Digger Bee    halictidae   Lasioglossum sp.   Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Vespula squamosa   Southern Yellowjacket    sphecidae   Sphex lucae   Digger Wasp       Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp       Sceliphron caementarium   Yellow-and-Black Mud Dauber    formicidae   Solenopsis invicta   Imported Fire Ant diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    syrphidae   Allograpta obliqua   Flower Fly    tachinidae   Crocinosoma cornuale   Tachinid Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Ischnura ramburii   Rambur's Forktail    libellulidae   Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Orthemis ferruginea   Roseate Skimmer    aeshnidae   Anax junius   Common Green Darner orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Schistocerca lineata   Spotted Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Conocephalus strictus   Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)       Pediodectes nigromarginatus   Black-margined Shieldback mantodea   mantidae   Stagmomantis carolina   Carolina Mantis neuroptera   berothidae   Lomamyia sp.   Beaded Lacewing    ascalaphidae   Ululodes macleayanus   Owlfly araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper       Phidippus mystaceus   Jumping Spider       Anasaitis canosa   Jumping Spider    araneidae   Argiope aurantia   Black and Yellow Garden Spider    thomisidae   Mecaphesa sp.   Crab Spider